Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 12/17/1981
Commonwealth v. Williams
Citations
- 437 A.2d 1144
- 496 Pa. 486
- 1981 Pa. LEXIS 1117
How courts have described this case
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- court found defendant plead guilty based on awareness of guilt and hope for leniency, not on lack of advice that testimony of accomplice might be held inadmissible
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Judges: O'Brien, Roberts, Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, Kauffman, Wilkinson
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8 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. FrometaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-06· cited 85×
- Commonwealth v. BoydSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-11-03· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. BroadwaterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-06-15· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. McKennaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-06-30· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. CasnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-05-27· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. CobbsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-08-09· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. LeeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-10-28· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. Celotto-EdwardsLancaster County Court of Common Pleas· 2008-09-02
Cites
11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. DancerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-01-27· cited 407×
- Commonwealth v. McCutchenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-07-07· cited 165×
- Commonwealth v. MabieSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-07-06· cited 129×
- Commonwealth v. ChumleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-11-18· cited 102×
- Commonwealth v. BunchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-01-29· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. GreerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-10-16· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-03-23· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. LutzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-02-04· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. YochamSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-07-08· cited 38×
- Reed v. Universal C.I.T. Credit Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1969-04-23· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. MillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-02-04· cited 18×
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